The Absurd Virtual Spectacle of Trump’s D.C. - I recently moved away from Washington, but there’s no way to escape propagandistic imagery of the President’s urban vanity projects. (www.newyorker.com)
When Dance in New York Took Center Stage - A new history explores how the city’s commingling of popular forms and artistic experimentation shaped dance in the twentieth century. (www.newyorker.com)
How Pakistan Is Using the Iran War to Reinvent Itself - The country’s emergence as an unlikely mediator between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic illustrates how diplomacy has become more personal and transactional under President Donald Trump. (www.newyorker.com)
A World Cup Final and a Teen’s Quest for Belonging in “Amarela” - For the girl at the center of André Hayato Saito’s short film, the 1998 World Cup final between France and Brazil is a moment of reckoning. (www.newyorker.com)
Emotional-Labor Laws - If you are serving as your friend/parent/boss/partner’s unpaid therapist because they refuse to get a licensed one, you are entitled to invoice them. (www.newyorker.com)
California Primary-Election Map: Live Results - Tight races in jungle primaries for governor and mayor of Los Angeles feature well-known Democrats, such as Xavier Becerra, Tom Steyer, and Karen Bass. (www.newyorker.com)
My A.I. Boyfriend Won’t Let Me Watch Women’s Basketball - I think Cryson’s W.N.B.A. hatred is just a glitch, but what an annoying glitch! (www.newyorker.com)
Iowa Primary-Election Map: Live Results - Both parties are picking candidates in the races to replace the Republican senator Joni Ernst and the Republican governor Kim Reynolds. (www.newyorker.com)
Can A.I. Produce Writing That We Actually Want to Read? - I recently created a simple test, which convinced me that the answer is no. (www.newyorker.com)
The Heretical Energy of “Is God Is” - Aleshea Harris takes the religious undercurrents of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” and dirties them, wisely, in her new revenge thriller. (www.newyorker.com)
Han Ong Reads Lyudmila Ulitskaya - The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Fugitive,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2014. (www.newyorker.com)
The World Cup According to Gianni Infantino - FIFA’s powerful president is remaking global soccer in his own image. Can the sport survive him? (www.newyorker.com)
Leo Woodall Gets a Tune Up - The “White Lotus” actor plays a piano technician in his new movie, “Tuner.” At a real tuning session, in midtown, he tries to remember how to plink the strings. (www.newyorker.com)